Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-06-11

rain fell. largely to the advantage o
spring crops.
Preaching at the Ogallah school hous'
the third Sunday in June. All are cor
daily invited to attend.
While driving across Big creek bottom
last Saturday evening, we beheld Ben. c
Rich looking at his rye crop.
A one-horse cultivator has been placed
at the forestry station. This machine i
of great advantage to the men who are
hoeing.
The receipts at the railroad are not
summed up yet, but the agent says they
will be as much as any month yet, except
the last.
Mrs. Bailey is having residence erect
on her land, just south of w. s. Knapp.
The land was formerly owned by William
Baldwin.
Mr.. Dean closed his school last Friday.
He was teaching in the east Glencoe
district. The length of his school term
was nine months.
Sara Brooks was around this neighbor-
hood in the spring, canvassing for book.
Last week she was here distributing the
books she had sold.
Some small bugs have taken charge of
the small vines around the truck patches,
and have almost destroyed them. Who
can give us remedy?
This evening one of the most beautiful
scenes presented itself to our people. It
appeared in the shape of a double rain
bow, bright as diamonds.
Can we grow peaches in western Kan
sas? We surely can. We have noticed
on several different trees that the peaches
are larger than hickory nuts.
Miss Ollie Coffee started for Illinois
Tuesday. Miss Coffee has been visiting
her brother. Considering her short stay,
she leaves many friends behind.
Frank Barber, of Big creek, has built
him frame barn, and has covered it
with shingle roof. Mr. Barber is an
old settler, and knows what he is doing.
Mr.. Cutler has had his house painted
white. Mr.. Tawney handled the brush,
and from appearances we should judge
he understood the business. Mr.. Cutler
is an old settler, and we are pleased to
see him improving his place.
A forestry meeting was called for
Wednesday, June 1. On account of the
men going by twos, the meeting was a
grand failure, Notwithstanding Chairman
Palmer's being SO anxious to have a
of that kind reported once from
Ogallah.
If the Ogallah and Collyer correspon-
dents are trying to boom their towns, all
right; but here everybody is too busy to
boom. Wilcox War6lings.] Mr.. War
bier, do you know being 50 busy is what
starts boom? So, cheer up; your turn
will come bye-and-bye. Why, we are so
busy we have to write our items by lamp
light, but our town must be represented
in the county paper all the same.
DEATHS DoINGs. Jennie Kinsey
died last Friday, June 3, at the home of
Rev. Stocking, at Cove City. Her re-
mains we're brought to Ogallah on the
2:30 train last Saturday. A large num-
Der of friends and relatives were at the
train to meet the remains of the departed.
On the next day, Sunday, the funeral
services were preached by Rev. Miles
Knapp, after which the body was placed
at rest in the cemetery, three quarters of
q mile north of Ogallah. Miss Kinsey
was sixteen years old, and leaves many
friends to mourn her loss.
We had the pleasure of going down to
Mr.. Mapes's last Saturday and spending
Sunday with him, and hardly know
where to begin to describe his beautiful
place. But to say what we think: Mr..
Mapes's grove can not be excelled in
western Kansas. He has it divided into
q cottonwood grove, a boxelder grove, and
q grove in both kinds of the above-named
trees. He has also fruit trees in abun-
dance, both of apple and peach. Again,
we must not fail to speak of his vineyard
The vines are all placed on frames, and
hanging full of grapes. His gooseberry
and currant bushes are hanging full of
fruit. He has three wells on his place,
and everything seems to be kept in its
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